(Praia da Vitória, Açores, Portugal, 1901 - Lisboa, Portugal, 1978)
"Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva (Praia da Vitória, 19 de diciembre de 1901; Lisboa, 20 de febrero de 1978) fue un poeta, escritor e intelectual originario de las islas Azores. Destacó además como novelista -como autor de Mau Tempo no Canal-, y fue profesor de la Facultad de Letras de la Universidad de Lisboa."
"Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva (Praia da Vitória, December 19, 1901 - Lisbon, February 20, 1978) was a poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his novel Mau Tempo No Canal, as well as being a professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon and member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. He was a grandparent of Maria Luísa Nemésio, the wife of Fernando Nobre."